Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-29

THE LAST NEw YORK LEGISLATURE
Sapc,i,n.d the mighty vii lat spring
by passing n law tor ITS det-n.e Al the
race tracks. and man> young mn in
these cities lost all their wages at Co.
n. Y Island this L. su,i Ia TAI!
are borrowing frnm thc money iills ~
their employers or @rrangihg ~ ~ ans
of false entry to ADJUST their drnioraI-
liz d finances. Ever, man who v"'ed
for the Ives Pool Bill has On his hands
and I, rehrad the bloOd OF these soul.
But in this conn, ct,on some ,nung
converts say to me: ''Is it right 10
play cardse Is there ATTY hhrun in y
game of " hist O. euchrep' We'll. |
Know good men who play whist. snd
uchre. and other style, of game with
out any ~agers. l had FREED Who
played cards with his wife AMI children,
ami then at the close SAID: Come.
now. let us have prayers Will not
Judge other mems con cieu"e>. hut
tell you hat cards are ia nv m'nd so
associated with the temp r ! and -,er-
nal damn itiOn OF spler, III young tnrn,
that should no .ooner say tn my tam
lily: Come, let US have a 9 ,me IF
c,rds,' than | would GO tut" "A m-nag-
ere and say: Come. let IA have II
game uf rattle snakes" or into "A GEM
et+ry. and sitting down ", m,rtle
slab. say to the grave digger-: Come,
let us have a game If skulls. Con-
sc'entious yonng ladies' are silently say
ing 10 me while | sp,as: "Dn you
think card pi ,yiug sill ITO us any
hacm? Perhaps not. but hrw ~ill you
feel in the
GREAT DAY OF ETERNITY,
when we are asked To- ul,e an account
Of our influences. some man shall say tn
you: Il uss introduced to games of
chance la the year 1897, in Bruukiyr.
al your house, am l ,ent ou ir IN that
sport to something more exciting, and
went on down until [ lost my business.
and Lost my morals, and lost m, soul.
and thee chains th It yol sc on my
wrists and f. ct are the chains ~ a
gamest-r doom, ard | an On my way
% 4 gamblers iell. Hnnr> At the
start, eternal catastr' phe at the last.
STOCK GAMBLING.
Stock gambling come, INTO the sane
catalogue. 1t must be very * ilrtt-
ing t. 60 into Wall street. New Y rK,
or State street, Boston. or third street,
Philadelphia, aud depositing a sm al
sum of money run the risk Of taxing
out "A fortune. Many men are doing
an honest and safe business in the
stock market, and you are an ignor-
anu If you do not know that i, is just
As legitimate TO deal in stocks a. 70
deal in coffee. or sugar, or -four. Blu.
nearly all the outside = who 20 there
on Il little financial excursion lose all.
The did spider, eat up ne uasusp-rt-
ing flies. ! had n friend who pat his
hand on his hip pocket and aid tn me
in substances: 81 h we there the value
Of IA hundred and t1ify Thousand dol
lars.' His home il, to.da, pennilrss.
Wha: was the matter? Wall sire. t.
Ot,he vast majoritles who are vie
tImized YOU heal not one word. On.
great stock firm z es down, and
Mole columns If newspapers dis.
cuss their fraud, or III ir dis
aster. and W. are presented with their
features and their biography. Hut
wnere u such famous firm sinks. five
hundred unknown men sink with ih, m.
The great steamer goes down, and all
ibe little boats are sa allowed in the
same engulfment. e imblIng is gamb-
ling, whether in stocks ur bread stuff +,
ar dice or rae track betting. rxhi'ara.
ton At the start, and a ravibg brain.
and a shattered nervous s>su IN. and a
sacrificed properly. aud a destroyed
>oul at the last. Young man nuy no
lottery tickets. purrh tsr 40 p,iz pack
~. s. bet on no he~-b,ll gam S oi
,achf racing. have no faith ia luck.
answer no ny>t' riuus circulars pro
posing great income for small invest
ment. shoe away the buzz ,rds tn II
hover around Our hotels tr,ing to en-
trap strangers. Go ont and
MAKE AN HONEST LIVING.
Have God on your side amt be a
candidate TOR heaven. Remember all
the paths OF sin are banked with "A Nv
ers 1T the start, and there are plenty f
helpful hands tn fetch the ga, charger
to your door and hold the stirrup while
YOU mount. But further on the horse
plunges to the bit in n slough mex
tricable. TIE pest honey is not like
that which jonathan took Oh the end Of
his rod and brought tn his lip. hut that
when God puts on the %btnqueting ia
bic ut mrrcv, at which we are all in
vited 10 sit. / WAS reatipg Of n boy
among the mountains of Switzerland
ascending a dangerous place with his
father and the guides. The boy stopped
on the edge OF the cliff and sid:
9Th re is n Hower ! mean t" get"
Come away from th,re." said the
father, ''you will fall oil. ''No,' said
he. . | must get that beautiful flower"
q d the gui"es rushed toward him 10
pull him back, when they heard him
say, III almost have it, 40 he
fell two thousand feet. Birds Of prey
were ser q few DAYS AFTER cir, Ing